I have been investing in the stock market for 15 years, but nothing I have invested in previously has provided more cash flow that my rentals.  

The tobacco co's paid 128 billion to the States in 1998 to settle litigation with them.And their stock went up!

.:)Kudos to John JacksonTo John JacksonJohn is not only a nice guy, he is a complete REI expert in Texas on many fronts.He was my student in Lease Option Assignments way back in 2001 (coops, wholesaling lease options, all the same) being a Stock Trader with 2 little girls, stay at home dad.

She actually helped me acquire my down payment money through money she loaned me for the stock market when I was 18.

Overall I recommend a nice cheap in-stock Beige Polyester!

I did not achieve financial independence through real estate but will answer the questions about what I do and where I am going.I spent a career in the Air Force and invested in stocks.

The housing stock in Baltimore is old and from the description in the reply from the investor, this house is dated and needs a fair amount of work.

I have a stack of card-stock, yellow printer paper and mailing envelopes, with a square-meter footprint and a half-meter tall.

So your $6k out of pocket gets you a C Corp and ability to use retirement funds to buy stock in your C Corp.The things I did not consider:- You are an employee of your C Corp, so if you hire any employees you need to extend many of the same benefits to them that you receive, including participation in retirement plan- If you hire employees you need to offer them the option to also use their existing retirement funds to purchase equity in your business- Possible advantage of LLC over the C Corp- Once you sign and speak with your assigned independent counsel they will advise you on the increased scrutiny you face with IRS, need to keep additional records and document corporate meetings, etc.If I had a more complete understanding in advance I may not have gone this route.

Also, how about stocks or something other than real estate?